Voting! What’s It All About?
Students will
* share prior knowledge about elections.
* actively listen to books about the voting process, both fiction and nonfiction.
* discuss information about the voting process, as presented by a variety of text sources read with partners.
* use the Internet to gather information about voting.
* participate in creating a graffiti-wall mural on the topic of voting.
* write an opinion essay about their favorite candidate.
More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: * Sticky notes
* Writing paper
* Chart paper and white butcher paper
* Daily newspaper
* News magazines
* Wall space
* Large basket (optional)
* Voting and Election Book List
Author: Renee Goularte
Source: © www.readwritethink.org
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